How easy is it to change specialty?
A risk to consider is that if at the start of the recruitment process you apply only for posts that are highly competitive, and you are unsuccessful in securing a post, you could find that by the time you start applying for posts in Round 2 with lower competition ratios, those posts may already have been filled. We recommend that you consider the high level of competition for some specialties and geographies, along with other factors that are important to you. You can get an indication of the most and least popular specialties and areas from the competition information on the medical specialty training website http://www.mmc.nhs.uk/.
